MikeLinacre

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Consolas 'bug'

Hi. I'm afraid I have removed your recently added section on a 'bug' in Consolas, for a reason which I detail on the Consolas talk page. Thanks. -- simxp (talk) 15:26, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

April 2020

There have been two problems with this account: the account has been used for advertising or promotion, which is contrary to the purpose of Wikipedia, and your username indicates that the account represents a business or other organisation or group or a web site, which is also against policy, as an account must be for just one person. Because of those problems, the account has been blocked indefinitely from editing. Additionally, if you receive, or expect to receive, compensation for your contributions to Wikipedia, you must disclose who is paying you to edit.

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Website names are not allowed as Wikipedia usernames. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 07:25, 9 April 2020 (UTC)

Reply: Thanks:

This user's request to be unblocked to request a change in username has been reviewed by an administrator, who accepted the request.

MikeLinacre (block log • active blocks • global blocks • autoblocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

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Requested username:

MikeLinacre (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Request reason:

I apologize for violating the COI rules. I want to continue making technical edits to pages on statistical analysis. Please delete the User:Winsteps page. Thank you.

Accept reason:

Per below. Welcome back. Huon (talk) 21:18, 10 April 2020 (UTC)

• I've deleted your user page, as requested. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 09:13, 9 April 2020 (UTC)

@Cullen328: Any objections to an unblock? Huon (talk) 19:58, 10 April 2020 (UTC)

Huon, thanks. I do not object to an unblock now that the username has been changed. MikeLinacre, please be aware that you cannot use Wikipedia for self-promotion, and that your edits need to comply with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 20:37, 10 April 2020 (UTC)

Renamed

Renamed Winsteps to MikeLinacre. Another administrator will review your unblock request. Yunshui ^雲_水 08:42, 9 April 2020 (UTC)

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